On March 25, 1864, Yoshinori Hitotsubashi officially resigned from his position in the shogunate "Shosho Gomi" and transferred to the newly established official position of "Governor of the Imperial Guard" of the Kyoto Imperial Court.

Not only that, but he also served as the newly established "Commander of the Coastal Defense" of the imperial court.

"May my emperor be eternal, and the ministers will be happy and obey the edict."

Seeing this scene, Jia Mao, the general of Zhengyi who was sitting on the side, pouted, but finally decided not to say a word - after all, it had been communicated before, and now it is not good to make trouble.

Seeing that Jiamao's face was wrong, the ministers next to him snickered:

It's a lot of fun.

I have only heard of the shogunate's meddling in the appointment and dismissal of ministers of the imperial court; But now, the Tokugawa Imperial Sanqing did not do the important post of a good general, but turned to the arms of the imperial court, which is really a long time to see!

finally survived until the end of the ceremony, and Jiamao ignored the congratulations of the princes and hurriedly withdrew.

Although in the eyes of outsiders, Keiki's appointment is a great benefit to the shogunate, but Iemo, who is familiar with the inside story, is bitter in his heart:

"Governor of the Imperial Guard", responsible for guarding Kyoto and coordinating the armed forces of each family in Kyoto; The "Coastal Defense Command" has the right to inspect the armaments along the coast of Jinjin.

The ministers declared that the transfer of these two positions to the top Tokugawa feudal clan was a further emphasis on the shogunate. But in the eyes of Jiamao, who is familiar with the inside story, this is just a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle.

Not to mention anything else, the Kyoto Guardian, the Kyoto Shodai, the Kyoto Town Commissioner, etc., already have such a large number of shogunate positions, and the imperial court has also set up a new governor of the Imperial Guard, is it necessary?

Moreover, although this governor was an official of the imperial court, he demanded 7,500 taels of service from the shogunate every month.

Take your own money and raise the soldiers of the imperial court, isn't this a blatant bully!

Repentance is what Jiamao thinks now.

But who would have thought that after only two months in Kyoto, the situation would be inexplicably uproaring:

Gongwu combined, together with a ghost!

Married to Kashige of the palace, he was originally more optimistic about the cooperation between the shogunate and the imperial court, working together to overcome difficulties, as long as both sides have sincerity, what difficulties cannot be overcome.

According to his thinking, the first defeat of the combination of public and military forces was due to the dispute between the two factions of the armed forces and the moderate factions, but after the August 18 Incident, most of the armed factions withdrew from Kyoto, so shouldn't things have gone smoothly?

At the beginning, as he expected, after this second Shangluo, as soon as the shogunate's side was tough, the imperial court gave in:

The "Gongbu Ichiwa Decision" was dominated by the imperial court and changed to the control of the shogunate;

Then, a group of radical ministers were deposed, and a group of people who supported the combination of public and military forces came up;

More importantly, in the form of an edict, it reaffirmed the "appointment of the great government to the shogunate";

Moreover, at the end of February, even the year name was changed to "Yuanzhi", suggesting that the imperial court had completely abandoned the idea of radical rebellion.

But who would have thought that it would take more than a month for the dispute between the shogunate and the imperial court to become fierce again:

The cause of the incident is still related to the contract of the Western powers.

Last year, on the 29th day of the 12th year of the 3rd year of Bunkyu (1863), the shogunate signed a draft treaty with Suvia.

And now the focus of the dispute between the two sides is still the issue of the imperial edict.

Speaking of the Imperial Edict, this is an old problem that cannot be avoided between the imperial court and the shogunate:

Beginning with the "Fuso Miren and Kin-Pact" in the 7th year of Kaei (1854), the shogunate cooperated with Mi, Ying, Lan, Lu, Français, Franco, Franco, Pu, etc

The kingdom signed various agreements, but until now, none of these agreements have been approved by the imperial court.

For a long time, the righteousness of the Qi Zhao family to compete with the shogunate center was this imperial edict issue - it was rude to open the country and open the port without the permission of the imperial court.

This problem has become the shogunate's hemorrhoids, and when you touch it, it will bleed endlessly.

Although the trade treaty with Suvia was signed in Edo and then the rules and regulations were approved by the imperial court, it still aroused the anger of the ministers and princes:

Didn't the shogunate say that it would be a ten-year success, and when would it succeed if it continued to expand trade while talking about it?

Now those who are in charge of affairs include the six imperial court "national is participation", Keiki, Keiyong, Rongbao, Shimazu Qibin, Yamauchi Toyonobu, Date Munejo, plus Sekibai Nijo Qijing, and Shogun Ieshige, a whole of eight people.

At first, these eight didn't take it seriously:

As soon as they entered Kyoto, the two shogunates, Shogun Ieshige and the political president Keinaga, reported the incident, saying that Britain and Buddhism were behind Suyia, and they had to do so.

If the imperial court felt embarrassed, then it was okay to refuse, and the shogunate would absolutely obey the arrangement.

It stands to reason that the shogunate has this attitude, and what kind of basket can be produced, whether it is allowed or not.

But the problem is that no one thought that if they were not afraid of no good things, they were afraid that there would be no good people, and a group of ministers made a big deal about it, and they jointly played a joint game, asking for even the previous imperial permission to be disposed of together.

Isn't that a joke?

Today's Fusang Emperor is a complete rebel, thinking that there are no good people in the southern barbarians in the world, and foreigners are all here to Fusang to be domineering, rape ~ lewd and plunder.

The emperor has never changed his attitude since he put on this attitude, and the shogunate boss Jing Yi didn't recruit at that time, and he would abdicate when he was in a hurry, so he would never agree.

If this time it is really invited to play together with the previous imperial edict, and then the emperor refuses, then the fun will be great:

Execute it, not to mention that they just suppressed the armed faction, just say that the foreigners, they are capable? I can't say that I have to do one right away, and with the experience of the three countries' shelling of Xiaguan, I can't beat it at all - even if I win this wave, have you heard of the battle of Yarrow? I don't have to kneel in the next wave.

If you don't implement it, won't the combination of public and military forces become a nonsense?

Now the six "countries are participating", in addition to Rongbao, were originally all Qi Zhao and the first line, and they used to insist that they couldn't do it without the permission of the imperial edict, but now it's okay, the imperial edict problem has become their own trouble, how can this be done?

In addition, although the problem of opening the port has been alleviated recently, and the boiling of prices has also been alleviated, but "the disease comes like a mountain, and the disease goes like a thread", this folk is only from the eighteenth layer of hell to the seventeenth floor, and it is still in dire straits.

So everyone complained about Qingyong together:

"You, the president of political affairs, don't think things through.

You should ignore this trade agreement.

The front is resisted, and the back is easy to move. ”

Qingyong is also wronged, the Three Kingdoms shelled Xiaguan and defeated, it is when the foreigners are arrogant, you can refuse, but you have to find a proper manager:

"It is said that the opening of ports and trade is not good, so what do you say about the current trade with Western countries?

Su Yiya put his posture quite low, and the conditions were better than those of other countries before, why did you ask me to refuse?

If you are not satisfied, people will change it immediately, we Fusang is known as a big country, so we have to make some sense. ”

In this regard, everyone only sighed, and they couldn't fight again, and they even broke up before they started fighting.

This immortal can't help it, so the six participated, shrank their heads, and this matter has been delayed.

This is actually an old-fashioned and serious approach, if you just mention the trade of Suyivia, whether it is passed or not, this is a medicine primer, rather than making trouble out of control, it is better to drag it out, and the matter will be completed if it is slow.

But the problem is that one thing can be delayed, but everything can't be delayed.

The so-called "state is participation", under the premise of the great political commissar in the shogunate, there are actually many things:

In fact, from the beginning of the first combination of public and military forces, the imperial court withdrew an important right, that is, although "the great political commissar is in the shogunate", if the imperial court is willing, it can also consult the princes on major policies - the establishment of the legal principle of "the state is participation" comes from this article.

But what is a big deal?

For example, the trade between Fuso and other countries is a major policy.

Of course, the first thing that the "national participation" discussed was the closure of the port in Yokohama.

Last year, the shogunate promised to make a 10-year siege, and the imperial court demanded that a charter be issued, and the Yokohama port lock was the first one.

However, this year, the shogunate's attitude changed, saying that the closure of Yokohama's port was unrealistic after the bombardment of the Three Kingdoms, and that it could only restrict trade.

Fortunately, Yokohama's transaction data was detailed, and the trade volume did drop a lot, and the shogunate's tough attitude this time made it easy to fool the past.

But this is also one of the important reasons for the big trouble:

Yokohama does not lock up the port, it belongs to the shogunate's breach of contract to the world first, and then it is related to the draft of the Suyia trade agreement, so wouldn't the shogunate officially oppose the rebellion!

As for what else is a big deal?

The internal affairs of each family are definitely not counted, but the affairs between the shogunate and the feudal clans, the imperial court can intervene, such as Changzhou after the bombardment of Xiaguan by the Three Kingdoms, how to deal with it, this court can ask about it.

Speaking of Changzhou, this is also a wonder:

After the bombardment of Xiaguan by the Three Kingdoms, Changzhou sent people to participate, and they all nodded and agreed at the time, signed and detained, but they actually regretted it afterwards!

At the end of October of the third year of Bunkyu (1863), the shogunate signed a contract with the British, Buddha, Mi, and Lan countries to settle the incident of the bombardment of Shimonoseki at the cost of 200,000 pounds in compensation - of course, this agreement still needs to be approved by the local government of each country, but according to experience, this is basically just a formality.

The compensation of 200,000 pounds is to be paid in four installments, that is, 50,000 yuan every six months, and the first installment will be paid when the contract is signed, and it will be paid in full within one and a half years.

The down payment will be made when the contract is signed, which is a lesson learned from the Yarrow War in the West, and they are afraid that Fuso will suddenly change their minds.

In fact, there is still a consultation fee of 50,000 yuan in it, but the shogunate is afraid of leaking the news, so in the end he still doesn't dare to confess to Choshu - in case Choshu shouts everywhere, this foreigner is annoyed and angry, and the black pot is not to be detained on the shogunate's head.

Although Changzhou claims to be rich, 200,000 pounds is equivalent to nearly 104,000 yuan of 104,000 yuan, that is, 1,040,000 taels of Fusang, such a large amount of money, a year and a half, it is really unaffordable.

So, the shogunate played the role of the leading big brother:

Thirty percent was waived first, that is, sixty thousand pounds, and the shogunate paid it for Choshu;

Then, the internal account period was extended to five years, that is, the indemnity to the foreigners within one and a half years was paid by the shogunate first, and then Choshu slowly repaid.

To tell the truth, this is not bad, five years to pay 140,000 pounds, excluding the down payment of 200,000 gold, equivalent to the next four years, only a little more than 130,000 gold per year, this is for Changzhou, the pressure is there, but it is certainly not big.

But the problem is, it's hard to give up good money.

The state doesn't want to pay at all now!